The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1887-12-15
THE PRESIDENT AND THE REVE-

THE PRESIDENT AND THE REEVE
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Cleyeland's message is before you
As we have already said, it is wise
More, it is the plainest, clearest ex-
PLANTATION OF the tariff and the grea
burdens it imposes on the people We
have ever seen. 1t was written by a
statesman. man with Il great big
mental grip. Bat there is in it grin
ming deaths head that may cause un-
due alarm,-it is his position on Iu-
ternal Revenue. The people Of North
Carolina have nothing to fear from
that. It is indeed ugly, but it is pow
erless.
President Cleveland couldn't have
written otherwise. He is tie nation s
leader, not sections. He must take
! stand for what will most benefit the
people from Maine to Mexico, not
from Maryland toSouthCarolina. He
! saw that the Republican high tariff
was more dangerous foe to the well
fare Of his whole people than the in
ternal revenue, and he has spoken like
the great man he is. If he had pre-
ferred the repeal of the Internal Rev
enue he would have given more heed
tie cry OF Moth Carolina, Virginia
and Tennessee than to that OF bur
dened nation
Mr.. Cleveland's position on the In
ternal Revenue is not that cf our Dem
ocratic congressman and Is never will
be. They have been sent to Congress
to represent our local interests, they
have pledged their best efforts for the
repeal Of the internal revenue and
they will prove faithful. SIR. Cieva
lands position Will 10 more effect
them than does a thunder peal the
Pilot mountain. Before thew would
vote for Mr.. Carlisle for Speaker they
had his promise not to interfere with
their internal Revenue measures as
he did last session. They have al
ready shown their earnestness, they
will shown it more as Congress adj
vances- Wise politicians think that
our members, assisted by those of Vir-
ginia, possibly aided by some from
Missouri, Tennessee and Connecticut,
will succeed in abolishing the tobacco
tax and reducing the brandy tax to
ten cents on the gallon. This shows
that their power is already felt and
that they are urging their CLAIMS.
The Republicans would have the
people believe, because Mr.. Cleveland
favors the reduction Of the tariff first
that the Democrats believe in retain
ing the Internal Revenue Nothing
Of the kind. The Democrats hate
that revenue that the republicans put
upon the people. They hate that
high tariff too, by which the Republi-
Sttdo A'&h ia iIlOI Z LNtuGf years,
made the American people pay two
prices for their clothes, hats and shoes.
They believe in abolishing the one and
reducing the other. Cleveland thinks
the people can be relieved soonest ard
best by reducing the tariff. In North
Carolina the people want the internal
revenue abolished first and their rep
resentatives will urge that point in the
very teeth of anything Cleveland or
anybody else may say. North Caro-
lina's men will remain true to their
pledges and do their duty. When
that is done the people are satisfied.
Cleveland doesn't run North Caro-
lima, he runs the nation. North Car
DINA doesn't run Cleveland, but she
will do her best to run bill through
Congress, that will silence the Republi-
can demagogues and make herself
beautiful with Democratic colors in
the year of our Lord, 1888.